Author of Abel Kiviat book to speak at Snug Harbor

Alan Katchen will be at Snug Harbor on Oct. 18 to discuss his book on Abel Kiviat.Alan S. Katchen, the author of “Abel Kiviat, National Champion: 20th Century Track and Field and the Melting Pot,” a book which focuses on the life of the legendary Olympian from Curtis High School, will be speaking at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Sunday, Oct. 18 at 2 p.m.

Topics will include Katchen’s book as well as Kiviat’s life and times as a world record-holding athlete.

The event is free and the author will be available to sign books at the event.

It will presented with the Jewish Historical Society of Staten Island at Building H of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Livingston. To register, call 718-483-7105.